Lets discus our operating systems and why we chose them. I dual

I chose an operating system that doesn't include malware. Why didn't you?

>>55817396
>Windows 10
>Regular Ubuntu
Oh boy here we go...

>>55817428
Sorry I didn't feel like spending 20 hours compiling and configuring gentoo

>>55817502
you could have at least get mint or manjaro

just want something that just werkz for now to learn linux and avoid the plague ridden windows 10.
I really wanna get xubuntu but I heard there are screen tearing issues with it that compton doesn't fix anymore.

or should I go with kubuntu with plasma?

>>55817396
How did you get the dual boot working?

Windows 8.1 on my desktop because I like it more than 7.
Windows 7 and Fedora 24 on my T420. Windows because I get better battery life under Windows, and Fedora 24 for everything else. I might just get rid of 7 all together on it.

7 because the 32-bit ramgate was making xp pretty unusable by the time 2015 rolled around.

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Debian Testing with KDE Plasma 5
>Don't do anything that I would need a Windows program for
>Braindead easy installation
>Not ancient packages
>Decent multi-monitor support
>Respects my choice to use non-free software
>Can change the interface to suit my needs
>DE is what modern Windows should have been
>KDE Connect is sex
>Decently large community, able to fix my problems relatively easily
>Package manager is convenient
>Solid GUI tools to in addition to CLI tools
>Easy theming without using third-party tools

Everytime i use ubuntu or a version of it the proprietary nvidia drivers never allow my computer to shut down. So i go back to windows.

>>55817818
I mean there is no reason not to just use regular ubuntu. They have had enough time to remove all the kinks from unity. I have used LTS editions since 9.04 and only the first one had any real issues, but they got patched quickly.

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>>55817818
lubuntu (light) or mint (heavy) for beginners.

>>55817940
Bloated systems are not okay.

>>55817424
Do you mean Ubuntu also has malware or do you just mean Win10?

>>55817858
>Install Windows 10
>Use windows partition/drive manager to make partition to install ubuntu on, mine is 100 gig
>Use windows partition/drive manager to make partition for swap stuff, mine is 16 gig
>Install Ubuntu 16.04 on the partition I made
And it works, there are lots of tutorials out there.

>>55817396
I currently have a MacBook Pro and a Thinkpad T400.

The Mac is for work and I'm triple booting OS X El Capitan, Kali Linux, and FreeBSD. I also have Windows 7-10 in VMs if that counts.

My T400 is Librebooted and runs Kubuntu. Kubuntu is great because it's beautiful and KDE connect is super useful. I use a Nexus 5X with CM 13 as my personal phone too.

I use Arch Linux, because I wanted to install a minimal distro and build on top of it, and I also like pacman and the aur

Meme's aside it's one of the best distros out there, and not a timesink at all once you get it set up to your liking. Anyone who tells you otherwise never actually used arch for more than a day

>>55817963
I think he is makeing a joke about ubuntu's partnership with amazon? But that stuff is turned off by default now.

>>55818004
Maybe. I wouldn't exactly call that malware tho.

>>55817955
only too big for you, bro.

W7 for everything at home, and old WoW
Kali for script kiddie bullshit and outside lurking, since I get better battery life

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>ubuntu on windows
It's enough for my needs, and much more handy than mingw.

>>55818076
Guess Americans only look at the tits and don't consider the body as a whole. (Hint: That's why you only see the top half)

>>55817396
there's no way to justify a duel boot system when a single boot system is much more efficient especially if i want to watch my Chinese cartoons and listen to my Chinese music while I play my manchild games

>>55818101
Could you make your astroturfing any more obvious?

>>55818116
>much more efficient

eh?

I use Windows 10 because I play games with my friends and Google has already succd all of my personal info anyway

>>55818138
>I already have 1 virus installed, might as well install more

>>55818133
how is switching back and forth better?

>>55817396
w10 and mint

w10 for normie stuff and mint for anything private

>>55818187
because there's a reason to switch back and forth
there's nothing to stop you dual booting and staying in one boot

I use Windows 10 for gaming and for everything else

So I just installed Win10 along Arch and guess what.
Grub is fucked. How do I fix grub to be able to boot to arch again?

>>55817396

Just simple Win7 and Win8.1 on TLaptop.

There is no need for any other different OS for me. All the NSA can spy on is literally knowledge stuff, music and p*** on my PC.

I would like a system that is more independent and secure, but so far I actually didn't have any problems with my OS like with the old Windows versions, so I am fine.
I don't see any sense in fighting over the best OS on /g/ though. If you are skilled enough to use Linux that's fine. If you act like that makes you a better human... nah, it doesn't. Advising other people to use it and evolve software actually does.

Can anyone redpill me on what ubuntu can do for me as a user that windows doesn't? I am actually interested.

>>55817396
I use Windows 7 and Windows 7 with Visual Studio installed in a VM

> all these "I use Windows 10"
How does it feel when Microsoft goes in dry?

>>55817396
i use debian stable + backports
Just because its the only distro that i can easly set up for my optimus laptop, that runs steam games with primusrun %command% basicly out of the box.

>>55818130
Aww yis. came here to drink beer and shitpost and now iam learning new english euphemisms.
thanks /g/.

I just need some ssh, composer, sometimes getting python packages that work - fuck windows in this case. I dont really care about muh freedoms.
I currently have ubuntu kde plasma (tried diffrent distros already inb4installgentoo) as alternative, but dont really have a reason to boot it. and its take too long on my slow laptop. Also I find kde annoying, it has tendency to crash on my hardware.

>>55818295
That's not an euphemism

>>55818320
b-but wiki sais so ;_;

>>55818345
Where?

>>55817757
pretty sure mint is easier to set up than ubuntu

>>55818386
https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroturfing
Try 5th word. :˄)

But seriously, by definitionit makes sense calling it this way.

>>55818469
Ah, the English article doesn't mention the word euphemism, and I don't think it is one either.
But either way who cares

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>>55817757
Mint is shit

>>55817424
I use a ps4 for gaming and Arch Linux for everything else

No bully pls

Windows 10 currently, because the only DE I'd use on GNU + Lanux is KDE, and that has problems with dual monitors right now


Trying to get Hackintosh running tho

>>55818908
Meant to reply to the OP

>>55817424
https://youtu.be/cebFWOlx848?t=468

>>55819459
Why did you link this video?

>>55819592
>I chose an operating system that doesn't include malware.

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I'm setting up dual boot for the first time right now. Windows 10 for games, Linux Mint for everything else. I picked mint since I'm a beginner, but I'm aware there are better options out there. Once I'm comfortable with Linux, I plan on upgrading to progressively more lightweight options until I find something just right.

>>55819680
k
no one cares

>>55819708
this

>>55819708
<3

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>>55819680
> lightweight

>gain 0.2 seconds.
>so much optimize

>>55819778
>being too retarded to install anything other than ubuntu/mint

>>55819606
Try using your own words to communicate your point instead of hiding behind other people's quotes like a bitch.

>>55819843
>Try using your own words to communicate
Youre a fucking retard

>>55819852
As I thought, you have absolute nothing of substance to say.

>>55819871
I do. Youre a fucking retard

>>55817757
If you are a complete tech newb then Ubuntu is gonna scramble your mind when installing a printer driver using the terminal.

>>55819877
>of substance

>>55819821
>Only using text shell
>so much fast
>so sonic

>>55819891
>retard

>>55819778
Less about speed, more about less crap on my OS. Which, again, is why I know Mint isn't ideal.

I use i3 on Fedora 24 and have a couple of extra apps

moc [music on console] is a great music player which supports mp3/ogg etc
terminator is a great console which allows you to split screen horizontally and vertically
for email I use mutt

All great apps that work well in i3!

>>55819938
>substance
>the quality of being important, valid, or significant.

>>55819949
I use cmus for terminal music

Last ubuntu i used was 10.04, has it been better now? Used it on a laptop back then and I might dualboot it on my desktop with wangblows.

>>55817396
>gaming
Kill yourself you manchild fat fuck.

>>55819941
>Yes! I saved 100 MB of space!
>now I can download more chinese basket weaving videos

>>55820096
>Not using his computer for one of the most normalfag hobbies nowadays

Kill yourself you manchild fat fuck.

>>55817818
i have 0 tearing using xfce + compton, but i use an amd card.

>>55819949
kys

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>>55820096

>>55817396

You can do all those things on windows? Seems to be a real hassle to have to reboot your machine everytime you want to listen to music ?

wat

>>55819949
Fedora is cool. Liking it a lot. Using it with cinnamon for the time being. It's so snappy.

Tbh I don't see any reason to go back to windows but I can always boot to it just in case.

>>55819956
indeed

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>>55817396
everything just works

Hey, does Spybot Anti-Beacon work for 8 as well as 10?

[spoiler]Also if I'm already going to such lengths to disable the spyware should I just bite it and go from 8 to 10 anyway?[/spoiler]

>>55817396

You can't ever completely disable windows 10 telemetry.
Microsoft is actively pushing towards making this ever harder to do as well - see the recent group policy change (which really insidiously simply ignores user settings altogether, without notifying the user in any way) for example.
You should not support this operating system.
You can't ever completely disable windows 10 telemetry.
Microsoft is actively pushing towards making this ever harder to do as well - see the recent group policy change (which really insidiously simply ignores user settings altogether, without notifying the user in any way) for example.
You should not support this operating system.
You can't ever completely disable windows 10 telemetry.
Microsoft is actively pushing towards making this ever harder to do as well - see the recent group policy change (which really insidiously simply ignores user settings altogether, without notifying the user in any way) for example.
You should not support this operating system.
You can't ever completely disable windows 10 telemetry.
Microsoft is actively pushing towards making this ever harder to do as well - see the recent group policy change (which really insidiously simply ignores user settings altogether, without notifying the user in any way) for example.
You should not support this operating system.
You can't ever completely disable windows 10 telemetry.
Microsoft is actively pushing towards making this ever harder to do as well - see the recent group policy change (which really insidiously simply ignores user settings altogether, without notifying the user in any way) for example.
You should not support this operating system.

>>55820155
good to know, since I'm getting the meme 480

>>55817396
Xubuntu and win8.1. I keep the botnet around for some games, but last time I booted into it was over 6 months ago. The longer I take the more I look up to the endless and painfully slow updates. Ill probably end up wiping the partition because lately all I've been playing is Insurgency and TF2.

>>55817396

Run OSX, have terminal built in so I can pretend I'm a JewNix hAckz0r.

Nothing else required.

>>55817396
why doalboot?
use Virtualbox

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>>55821289
>boohoo I can't turn off error reporting and performance statistics !
You are aware that your phone, your linux distribution, your car, your literally any "smart" device, and what have you, all do telemetry as well, right ?

>>55821611
>linux
>telemetry

my buggy 1998-tier UI tells me thats a bunch of bullshit

>>55821611
>your linux distribution
My GNU distribution doesn't.

My host machines are Windows 8.1 and Gentoo Linux but I also tinker with a plethora of other operating systems including pfSense, Debian, Slackware and FreeBSD.

I use Windows for media entertainment like gaymen and just in case I'm required to run a piece of proprietary software, although I haven't actually needed to in over eight years. I use Gentoo for everything else, school, programming, networking, system analysis etc. I'll probably just end up using Gentoo on one server and pfSense on another. I haven't really decided.

>>55817858
>>55817964
Hell, Ubuntu's installer will partition for you

>>55818582
I agree. I don't recommend Mint anymore. I personally don't want old packages.

>>55817987
I gave Ubuntu a chance again but I have more problems with it than Arch, I swear. I currently have 700 packages in Arch, Ubuntu has almost 2000 out of the box, I don't need that many. Having fresh packages and AUR is gold for me. The installation process became easy. Never had problems with Arch, it's just too good. Some people will call me archfag or tell me that I use a timesink OS, but Arch made me stop distrohopping for good.

>>55817396
I use arch linux because I like the logo

>>55818138
Google can't see what files you have in your computer, what you play, what you do. Google is not saint but it's also not your operating system. It lives just in the browser. Or your phone.

>>55820155
I'm using Intel, smooth as fuck with opengl.

>>55821611
I use Arch. What the fuck are you talking about. There is no telemetry here. I am not against telemetry but I don't like when others make choices for me.

>>55824036
intel master race gpu

amd and nvidiafags BOTH BTFO

>>55824097
I have other PC with a Nvidia 210. I tried so hard to make it work nice with Compton, tried opengl, opengl-swc, all the things. There was a lag or something like that, very annoying. Didn't solve that.

>>55824014
Yeah and I do most of the same shit I do on my desktop on my phone, other than gaymes and word processing

>>55824144
Fight me, we eat Doge in my country

>>55824192
You eat shitty memes?

>>55824225
Fight me

>>55824247
Can't reach that far

But i like gnome..

NixOS

I like being able to have reproducible development environments for my projects with Nix-Shell, along with not cluttering my system with packages I don't need.

anybody here dual boot a linux distro on a surface pro? I'm using a surface pro 3 with 8.1 pro on it and want to dual boot mint/ubuntu as well.

>>55824097
That’s because Intel vsyncs by default retard

I used to have W8.1 and W7, now I have Win10 and Mint.

>>55825769

anybody?

>>55823917
It's not about old packages, the main issue with mint is the update manager ignore kernel and other important updates by default.